Wet Glaize Ambush by Billerbeck

Wet Glaize Ambush
(Judge James Carlee Colvin’s Murder on the Auglaize Creek Bottom, Camden County, Missouri and Subsequent Trial)

By:

Barbara June Aust Billerbeck, M.L.S.
Fred William Billerbeck, Jr., Ph.D.
Amy Elizabeth Billerbeck, M.L.S.
And
Fred William Billerbeck, III, J.D.

Now in print, this first edition carries an ISBN of 978-0-944619-86-5 (softbound) and is a 8½x11" hardbound book. This first edition work contains over 250 pages of information about the ambush murder of Judge James Carlee Colvin on the Auglaize Creek bottom lands of Camden County, Missouri. It was a senseless and cruel shooting tragedy, for personal profit. The book, sure to be a keepsake, includes photos, maps, eye witness accounts, trial transcripts and an index.

The beautifully hardbound, large format book is manufactured to stand the test of time, utilizing the American Library Association (ALA) Certified Library Oversewn method to assure this book will be with your family for generations to come. The limited first edition carries many of the marks of a showpiece, as it has decorative spine bars and is rounded and backed with a rich black material stamped in old gold foil (both front and spine). Additionally, this special first collector's edition carries the author's hallmark on the front cover. Later printings will not be such a deluxe production. All orders will sell for $56.00 (retail), while supply lasts. The same book in soft cover is available for $38.00. Order your copies of this beautiful book before they are gone.

This volume is the first part of the Colvin trilogy to be issued within the next few years.

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Table of Contents

Dedication
Author Introduction
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
PART 1:
      WET GLAIZE AMBUSH
            Agricultural Economic Crisis of 1920 - 1930s
            Farm Foreclosures
            Colvin Family Tradition
           Facts from Court Proceedings and Record
           House (is) On Fire, Get the Kids Out!
           An Early Morning Murder
           Civil Actions following James Carlee Colvin’s Vicious Murder
PART 2:
      COURT TRANSCRIPT - In The Circuit Court of Webster County, Missouri - May Adjourned Term, 1935 (FILED: Feb 1, 1936 by EPPA F. Elliott, Clerk   Supreme Court). State of Missouri Archival Records From State Capital at Jefferson City, Cole Co., MO, USA, Relative to the State of Missouri Versus Sam McCracken for Murder, Filed 01 February 1936, Before the Clerk of Supreme Court
      INDEX
     PROCEEDING DURING VOIR DIRE EXAMINATION OF JURY
      PROCEEDINGS DURING OPENING STATEMENT TO THE JURY
      VOIR DIRE EXAMINATION OF THE JURY
            Chris Thomas.
      OPENING STATEMENT TO JURY
            Morgan M. Moulder for Plaintiff
      TESTIMONY FOR PLAINTIFF - IN CHIEF
            Clarence Perkins
            Ralph W. Eidson
            Dr. N. G. Claiborne
            Buel Winfrey
            John Gibson
            Ike Perkins
            Mrs. Edna Winfrey
            W. F. Winfrey
            Luther Harrell
            Buel Winfrey (Recalled)
            Clarence Perkins (Recalled)
            Ben Gibson
            Jim Newell
            Charley Newell, Jr.
            Frank Ream
            Wes Winfrey
            Sterling Colvin
            Maggie Colvin
            Morgan M. Moulder
            Plaintiff Rests In Chief
TESTIMONY FOR DEFENDANT - IN CHIEF
            Sam McCracken
            H. E. Warren
            Mrs. John Maynard
            Mrs. Sam McCracken
            Defendant Rests In Chief
TESTIMONY FOR PLAINTIFF - IN REBUTTAL
            Buel Winfrey
            Clarence Perkins
            Barney Reed
            Plaintiff Rests In Rebuttal
TESTIMONY FOR DEFENDANT - IN REBUTTAL
            Sam McCracken
DEFENDANT RESTS
PLAINTIFF RESTS
COURTS WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TO JURY
ARGUMENT TO JURY BY COUNCEL FOR PLAINTIFF
            Morgan M. Moulder
            Barney Reed.
VERDICT BY CIRCUIT COURT, WEBSTER COUNTY, MO, USA
DEFENDANT’S FILING MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL IN WEBSTER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
DEFENTANT’S MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL OVER-RULED BY WEBSTER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
AFFIDAVIT FOR APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT
SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI DECISION ON CASE REVIEW - The State v. Sam M. McCracken, Appellant – 108 S. W. (24) 372 Court en Bane, July 30, 1937
LOCAL NEWSPAPER ARTICLES PUBLISHED ABOUT THE MURDER
AUTHORS’ EVALUATION OF CRIME
ADDENDUM
            Newspaper Articles (Additional)
            Sam McCracken’s Prison Confinement
            Sam McCracken’s Standard Death Certificate
            Statement of Licensed Embalmer
            What Happened to Sam McCracken’s Embalmed Body?
      APPENDIX
      REFERENCES
      INDEX

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